Species Details

ABH: 63.093

BF: 1304

Family: Crambidae

Subfamily: Crambinae

Taxon: Agriphila straminella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Straw Grass-moth

Account: Common in grassland and rough meadows throughout the British Isles. One of the commoner species of grass moth (Crambinae), and a frequent visitor to light traps, where recognisable by its small size and broad, pale dorsal streak. Larva feeds within lower stems of Sheep's-fescue and other low grasses, living within a silken gallery.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 16 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 May (2025) — 22 Sep (2024)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Festuca ovina (Sheep's-fescue), Gramineae.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agriphila-straminella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 732

Individuals: 716

Earliest Year: 1985

Latest Year: 2025

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